Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles.

Natural enzymes are remarkable molecular machines that enable all sorts of essential biochemical reactions. For decades, ...

A research team has identified a molecular mechanism that coordinates the operation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) ...

Researchers describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic fusidic acid? With a stop-motion movie at the atomic level, they ...

After 3 doses of tailor-made treatment, an infant with a rare, life-threatening urea cycle disorder is thriving ...

The baby boy received the bespoke therapy within a few months of birth and is doing well, according to a presentation at ASGCT.

A baby known as KJ is the first person in the world to receive a customized CRISPR therapy designed to fix a specific ...

A tailored CRISPR base-editing therapy was given for the first time to an infant who was born with a rare genetic disease, ...

But there’s another powerhouse ingredient quietly doing serious work in your favorite moisturizers: urea. Urea is a naturally-occurring compound made up of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen.

This story is part of a series on navigating the new world of peak protein, from the latest packaged products to emerging research. Read the rest of the stories here. Within the last five years ...

Getting enough protein is essential for preserving muscle mass, supporting bone health and maintaining a strong immune system as we age. Growing research, though, suggests that in addition to how ...